I bought this burner as a WOK burner, because I needed the heat that this dragon produces. My regular kitchen gas range is not enough, plus the grease splatter indoors is a pain to clean. The burner arrived on time, but it was almost a week in delivery rather than 2 day Prime because it shipped by ground from California and I am on the east coast. It is a stout 37 pound package because the product is so solidly built. The set up instructions are intuitive and easy to do. But you do want the bolts to be tight because you do not want the legs to come off while you are full throttle cooking. That would be a nightmare. As many people mention, the first use should be without food, but with a pan to disperse the heat to the surrounding unit, because you are going to burn off the paint and it will off gas odor and a bit of soot. Think of it as preparing the unit for use with a trial run, no big deal. Once that is out of the way, you are ready for food. The burner lights easily and politely, with no big poof to scare you or burn you, although I still like to use a 7 inch Bic lighter instead of a match just for safety. I am still in my first week of use, but so far it is EVERYTHING I hoped for and more. My only concern is about rust; will it rust outside in the elements? And if I get a cover for it will the cover itself trap moisture and cause rust. If anyone has an answer, please share.

Received my burner, easy to put together, and easy to operate! kicked it on and was boiling 5 gal of water in no time. Easy to control the temperature.

Overall impressions: solid burner - maybe needs a little more instruction to make the initial setup easier.

I bought this burner to transition my homebrewing setup outdoors and to be able to utilize 8 gallon brew pots. After assembling the unit I brought it outside for a test burn. The brass orifice needed a bit of work to operate properly. I needed to remove a rather cumbersome black vinyl wrap and a lot of cardboard plugs from inside the part. This took me a little while to get the part clear of debris/packing material. I wish this had been noted in the instructions somewhere. This is the reason I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5.

Once ready for use, I fired up the burner and tested it to see how long an 8 gallon pot would take to get from about 60F to boiling. Took about 35 mins overall. So I was really impressed with the performance. Like just about any other similar burner, the paint around the flame area will burn off on the first use. Just be sure to keep this out of rain to prevent rusting. I might try to replace with a really high temp engine paint to see if that's a little longer lasting. But not really a big deal.

My first brew day went extremely well except for the fact that this burner heated water so quickly I didn't have enough time to get things ready for mashing and nearly overshot my stroke water temp. But that's something I'll gladly deal with!

Overall really happy with the purchase.

This item is built well heavy duty definitely would recommend 200,000 BTU and you can go down from there so you don't overcook anything

This burner definitely works for making beer. I typically boil 7 gallons of wort reducing it to 5.5 gallons. This burner handles that easily, raising the temperature by nearly 4F per minute (3.8F/minute). This with the supplied 20 PSI regulator and my (typically) half full 20lbs propane tanks (high pressure propane, not low pressure propane, not natural gas).

* Adjusting the air mix was simple; once set, it's good for low or high flame output
* Sturdy, easy to assemble frame; no qualms putting a 15 gallon boil kettle atop it.

NOTE: with the supplied 0 - 20 PSI regulator and a standard 20 lbs propane tank (which is only filled to 80% and hence about 16 to 17 lbs), you will NOT achieve 200,000 BTUs with this burner. The burner itself is only rated for 200,000 BTUs but not supplied with a regulator, hose, and orifice which can achieve that. And that's okay for brewing beer! If you really need the full 200,000 BTUs then do your research regarding the regulator, orifice, line size, and tank size that you will need: these ALL come into play. Is my tank capable of producing the necessary volume of propane vapor from liquid per minute? Can my regulator handle it? Can my line carry that throughput? Can the orifice at the end of the line present it? These all need to be considered and can readily be researched. Or better yet, a specialist consulted to give advice. (There's reasons why road side cook chefs use much larger propane tanks: it's not just to have more propane because they use more, but to also be able to vaporize it faster -- to present larger volumes of it per second so as to drive higher BTUs for their combined gear.)